§ 568. — Practice of law prohibited.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC568]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
CHAPTER 37--UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
Sec. 568. Practice of law prohibited
A United States marshal or deputy marshal may not practice law in
any court of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 621, Sec. 575;
renumbered Sec. 568, Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7608(a)(2)(B),
Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4514.)
Historical and Revision Notes
1966 Act
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Revised Statutes and
Derivation U.S. Code Statutes at Large
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28 U.S.C. 556. [None].
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The words ``may not'' are substituted for ``shall not''.
1948 Act
Prior section 556.--Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 395
and 396 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, Secs. 273, 274, 36 Stat. 1164).
Section consolidates parts of sections 395 and 396 of title 28,
U.S.C., 1940 ed. Similar provisions in said sections, relating to
clerks, are incorporated in section 955 of this title.
The revised section substitutes, as simpler and more appropriate,
the prohibition against practice of law ``in any court of the United
States'' for the more involved language of section 395 of title 28,
U.S.C., 1940 ed., which provided that no clerks or marshals, deputies,
or assistants within the district for which appointed ``shall act as
solicitor, proctor, attorney or counsel, in any cause depending in any
of said courts, or in any district for which he is acting as such
officer.''
Provisions of section 396 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., for
striking the name of an offender from the roll of attorneys and for
recommendation of dismissal, were omitted as unnecessary and as covered
by section 541 of this title.
Changes were made in phraseology.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 568, added Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966,
80 Stat. 620, related to availability of appropriations for transfer of
prisoners to narcotic farms, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100-690,
Sec. 7608(a)(1).
Amendments
1988--Pub. L. 100-690 renumbered section 575 of this title as this
section.
